Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1887-01-14
Weather for January 1887.

In September We published our
predictions for the winter, In which
we said:
December will start in cold
but it will not last, though after
about the Goth Of December, win
ter will continus with unnbated
and increasing fury. But it does
not necessarily follow that each
d ,y will be colder than the pre-
ceeding day. There will be sever
al mild spells, with rain in the
south, but there will be nothing
that coul,l be called a thaw' after
December Goth"
In December we said: CAS- the
month advances it will grow war
NOR and wetter. In the north the
precipitation tho last OF Novem-
Der and first art of December will
be in the form of snow, but by
about the 10th of December it will
be warm enough to melt nearly all
the snow to the British line; and
towards the mindle of the month
the precipitation will generally be
rain instead of snow, diminishing
in quantity from the Ohio valley
to the north and west where there
will not be rs much as is needed
for the wells. The warm wefther
in the middle of the month will
cause many to expect all open WIZ
ter; but about the Goth, high bar
ometsr will form in the northwest
and advance to the south and east,
Iowa and Kansas on or
before the 25th and the Atlantic
and Gulf few days later. twill
not be quite SO sudden and severe
as that which occurred last Janu-
airy, and will not carry frost to
Florida and the Gulf as extensive
ly as it did then, though it will
produce pretty cold weather even
in Florida before it terminates.
We earnestly advise all poor peo-
pie to make great efforts during
the mild weather in the middle of
December to prepare for a hard
winter"
By knowing in advance when
these spells of good and bad
weather will be people can plan to
do their outside work in the good
weather and reserve their inside
work for bad weather.
January, 1887, will produce q
continuation of the cold weather
started in December, with sue
csssion of storms from beginning
to end of month.
1t W II probably average as cold
as last January did, though it will
not average quite as cold as the
last three-quarters of last January.
Some of the storms will be very
severe, with winds that will cause
extensive railroad blockades,
which in the far north will last
for weeks. 1t is not best for peo-
pie to start on long journeys in
the far north after January 10th,
unless the necessity be urgent.
Some of the more severe storms
will carry frost and snow to the
Gulf, though not as severely as
last January. But between the
storms there will be- considerable
amount of pleasant, cold winter
weather making it an ''old fash
Toned winter" While there will
be no January thaw," yet there
will be several fluctuations, dur
ing which spurts of rain may reach
as far north as latitude 40; but
these spurts of rain, or rain and
sleet will chiefly occur during tie
last quarter of the month, at
which time we think there will be
some considerable spurts Of rain
and sleet along the New Jersey
and New England coasts, though
it is doubtful if the rain reaches as
far north as the coast of Main.
But these spurts will not amount
to thaw, as it will be stormy most
of the time during the last quar-
ter and in most of the North, West
and Northwest the precipitation
will be snow. 1t will be a hard
month for cattle ON the western
ranges.
On the Pacific coast there will
be e considerable amonnt of pre-
cipitation, extending to the south
ern end of California, though the
rains will not be excessive in
Southern California, except in a
few spots along the immediate
coast. In parts of Central Cali
fornla and thence north there will
be an excess of rain. The temper
ature ON that coast will be little
lower than usual.-C. c. Blake.